AUTHOR'S NOTES
SEXUAL CONTENT BETWEEN CONSENTING WOMEN!
It didn't take long for Korra and Asami to find Lin. The older woman was sitting on the steps outside of their house, scratching under Naga's chin. The polerbeardog barely gave the other two women a glance, she huffed and crowded closer to Lin, almost pushing the woman off of her spot. Both grinned at the sight. Despite all of Lin's mutterings about the polerbeardog, they knew she cared for Naga deeply.
Lin must have felt that she was being watched because she lifted her head and met their eyes. "What?" she asked, defensive at their amused grins. "Naga listens to me, unlike my sister and you two."
Naga echoed the sentiment by yawning and snuggling her head deeper into Lin's lap.
"We do listen to you," Korra said, sitting next to Lin and running her fingers through the fur on Naga's head.
"You do know Suyin was just joking, right?" Asami asked as she took her seat to the other side of Lin. Or at least tried to. Naga did not move, even with Asami's nudging so she settled on the other side of Naga.
"Of course I know she was joking," Lin groaned. "It doesn't make it any less annoying. She has no right to lecture me on dating." She scratched at the spot where Naga's head met her shoulders.
"It could have been a lot worse," Asami offered, scratching Naga's back at the perfect spot. Naga's leg started to thump against the dirt.
"Toph could have been here," Korra added. "I don't think she would have stopped at teasing you. She'd probably challenge Asami and I to a fight to make sure we're worthy of her precious daughter."
Lin had to laugh at that. "She's more likely to try to convince you two to find someone less grumpy and stubborn."
"Well, you are stubborn," Asami conceded. "But you are not grumpy. You care a lot more than you let on."
Lin's eyes softened at that. "Still, we should remember to tell her. One day." In truth, Lin was not looking forward to telling her mother she was dating two women less than half her age. Her mother would probably make a ruckus about how she should have found someone more in her age-group. Or maybe she would slap Lin's back and make a joke about her robbing the baby-cradle. Lin did not know which scenario was worse.
Korra traced Lin's spine with her fingertips. She and Asami could sense that the older woman was still tense and there was still something troubling her. "What's wrong, Lin?"
"My sister," Lin immediately said.
"No, something else is wrong," Asami said, laying her hand on top of Lin's. "Do you want to talk about it? We might be able to help."
Lin was quiet for a bit, considering whether or not to tell her lovers what has been bothering her. She looked at both of their concerned faces and took a deep breath. Crossing her arms over her chest, she asked, "Are we living together?"
Neither Asami nor Korra knew how to answer immediately. They thought about Lin's question seriously, realizing that they probably should have crossed this bridge before Zaofu. "I still sleep at the temple," Korra finally spoke up. When the two pairs of eyes looked at her, she sheepishly added, "Every once in a while."
"I still visit the mansion," Asami said. She realized a moment after that she had said 'visit' instead of 'live.'
The two women looked at Lin for her answer She sighed and forced her shoulders to relax. "I don't remember the last time I slept alone."
"Do, do you think we're going too fast?" Korra didn't want to slow things down, this relationship felt as natural as breathing to her. But if Lin thought it be best to create some space between the three, then she would respect her wishes.
"No," Lin said at once. She rested her hand on the small of Korra's back to reassure her. "I don't want that. I like going to bed with you two in my arms and waking up to you two. I just never realized how fast everything was going." Lin looked out to where the mansion was, wondering if this was Suyin's plan all along. She rubbed the back of her neck. "I'm not good with words. We've been together for less than a year but it feels like forever."
"I feel the same way," Asami said while Korra nodded in agreement. "I don't want to slow things down either. Let's just keep things going as they were. If we think it's going too fast in the future then we can slow down. But right now, it feels wonderful."
"We do what feels natural. I like that," Korra said.
Lin nodded in agreement, feeling like a weight had been released from her shoulders.
The three stayed sitting at the steps of their temporary house, petting Naga and watching the guards walk about. They watched a bear spirit lumber past the grounds with several meerkat spirits walking behind it. One meerkat spirit noticed Korra and shook his fist at her.
"I hate those guys," Korra muttered. She glanced at the two. "You're still going to have to ask Jinora for that story."
"Seriously?" Asami asked. "Come on, I'm sure it wasn't that bad."
Korra sighed and ran a hand through her hair. "When I first went into the Spirit World with Jinora, I may have accidentally stepped on their homes and then tried to bend them." She noticed how the two were looking at her. "But they started it! And then they jumped on me and turned into these weird sticky blobs and then I was suck into the earth and fell into a river which was how Jinora and I were separated. I ended up in this really spooky forest and turned into a kid for a bit." Korra shrugged at their confused expressions. "What can I say? The Spirit World is weird."
"I'm kind of glad that I never been to the Spirit World then," Asami mused. She looked up into the sky and sighed. "I don't want to leave but I need to go. I have that meeting with Baatar Jr. in a few minutes." Asami kissed both her lovers goodbye and ruffled Naga's ears before she left. She hurried into their house and came out with a satchel stuffed to the brim. "I'll be back in the room in a few hours."
Korra and Lin watched the young business woman walk back into the mansion, confidence oozing from each step. "I wonder if we're going to see her agian tonight," Korra half-joked. Several times, he and Lin spent waiting for Asami to finish a meeting or a project long into the night and sometimes even into the morning. Neither complained however, the sleepy cuddles were well worth the waiting.
"I doubt it," Lin said with a chuckle, shifting slightly under Naga's weight. Disturbed, Naga lifted her head from Lin's lap and curled up, ready for a nap.
Sensing the restlessness, Korra stood up and held out a hand for Lin to take. "Come on. Let's explore the estate while Asami works."
Lin accepted the hand and the two went off in a random directions, their fingers entwined. It did not take long for them to get lost in one of the gardens, however neither were worried. There was always a guard patrolling around not far away for them to ask for directions. Korra took her time looking at the different flowers with Lin. Korra never got the chance to really study the garden during the times she was at Zaofu. There was always someone to teach air bending to, being kidnapped by, or fighting a war with. Lin simply never cared to explore her sister's estates until now.
Eventually, the two made their way to the metal statue garden. The area was still littered with metal sculptures that could looked more like bent scrap to Lin and Korra. They spotted Huan working on one of his 'pieces,' he was bending the metal this way and that, each time taking a few moments to inspect the 'improvement.' Dissatisfied with the product, he gave a frustrated shout. He threw an arm up and the metal flap he was playing with jerked up and stretched, making a crude spire. Huan stared at the mishap for a few moments before he gave a curt nod.
Korra nudged Lin's arm and pointed at a figure a few statues away from Huan. A spirit was standing as still as the statues, staring at Huan as he worked. When Korra first noticed it, she almost yelled at Huan to get away, thinking it was an angry spirit. It certainly looked the part. It had to be at least eight feet tall and had a humanoid body shape but the limbs were freakishly long. The knuckles rested on the floor despite the spirit standing if hunched over. The face, if it could be called a face, was a mask that looked disturbingly like a deer skull.
"What do you think, Horns?" Huan asked, taking a step back from his newest statue.
The spirit simply gave a grunt and took a step forward. It reached out with both arms and started to touch the statue with its fingertips. It inspected the statue thoroughly with its fingers. When it was done, it took a step back and gave another grunt.
"You're right," Huan said, grabbing his chin as he looked at his statue critically. "It doesn't adequately capture the suffering of human kind and our dependence on technology to escape that suffering."
"I think you did well enough," Korra spoke up. The two barely acknowledged her. Huan jerked his head up in greeting while the spirit gave a grunt. She and Lin walked towards Huan and the spirit. "Maybe you should make the spiral tighter?" Korra suggested.
Huan frowned at the suggestion. "No, the piece needs more-" he stopped, looking at the spiral. He narrowed his eyes as he flicked his wrist. The metal responded and the spiral tightened and grew. "That's it."
The spirit took a step closer and ran its fingertips against the spiral. It made a noise that sounded a bit like a bird's chirp.
"Horns likes it too," Huan explained, studying the creation more to find any imperfections with the metal and its folding. "It's the only one that admires my hard work. Who knew spirits could be so intelligent."
Lin and Korra shared a glance at that, neither commenting on it. They left Huan and the spirit back to creating more sculptures. "I did not know spirits could look like... that," Lin said when they were well out of hearing distance.
"To be honest, I didn't either. I thought it was a dark spirit at first," Korra said with an embarrassed chuckle. "I was kind of looking forward to saving you though," she added with a cocky grin.
"Saving me?" Lin asked, amused. She stopped walking and faced Korra, her hands on her hips. "I may be old but I can still take care of myself. If there was a fight, I'd probably have to save your ass."
Korra feigned an offended gasp, resting her fingertips against her chest as if she could not believe what Lin had just said. "I don't need you to save my ass. I'm the Avatar!" She smirked again, her eyes sharp as she said. "Besides, I can beat you into the ground."
Lin raised an eyebrow at that. "Really?"
"Really." Korra crossed her arms. "I'll even bet that I'm a better metal bender than you."
Lin narrowed her eyes at the challenge. "I've been metal bending before you even knew you were the Avatar."
"Care to prove that, sweetie?" Korra said the pet name as honey-sweet as she could, taking a step forward so the two were only a few inches apart. "Or are you too chicken?"
That did it. Lin grabbed Korra's hand and hurried the two to the outside training area. She ignored Korra's laughter and how her heart was already pumping with adrenaline. Or maybe it was arousal. Lin didn't truly know but she guessed it was a mixture of the two. They had to cross several bridges to get to the training arena, ignoring the guards that gave them quizzical looks. Lin could have sworn she had seen her sister and Baatar Sr. walking through a garden but the rose bushes hid them from her view.
They finally crossed the last bridge to enter the training arena. The training area consisted of a wide area with no grass to cover the dirt. There were metal floor plates placed strategically throughout the training arena, leaving enough room in between for earth bending. Circling the training area were podiums, each holding a block of meteorite. Lin stood at the side closest to the pool of water and summoned one of meteorites with a flick of her wrist.
"Only metal and earth, Korra," Lin ordered. "And especially no Avatar State."
Korra pouted as she took the spot across Lin. "Come on, Lin. Don't you trust me?"
"Not when you're about to lose." Not waiting for Korra to respond, Lin pushed her arm out, palm facing Korra. The meterorite responded at once. A chunk of it broke off and raced at Korra's stomach.
Korra barely stomped down in time to raise a slab of earth to block the projectile. "Hey!" She yelled from behind her shield. She shoved forward with both hands and the slab raced towards Lin. She frowned at the woman quickly side stepping out of the way. Korra took up a defensive position just as Lin took hold of the slab with her bending and whirled it back at her. Korra felt the meteorite still embedded in the rock and threw her arms to the side. The slab of rock exploded as several blobs of meteorite floated in the air. Korra brought her hands together to make the meteorite blobs to congregate and form a sphere.
"Is that the best you got?" Korra taunted.
Instead of answering, Lin metal bend half of the remainder of her meteorite at Korra. When Korra duck to dodge the rock, Lin slid her right leg a foot out. The earth responded to her wants and Korra yelped as the dirt underneath her left leg suddenly jerked to the left. While Korra was unbalanced, Lin took the opportunity to fling the rest of her meteorite at the Avatar.
It connected to Korra's side with a slap. Lin did not use all her force but Korra still lost her footing. She collided with the hard ground with a thump and a groan of pain. Holding onto her side, she jabbed a finger at Lin. "That was a dirty trick."
Lin simply shrugged. "You should be used to those by now, Avatar." She took a few steps forward until she was standing above Korra. She smirked down at her, her arms crossed across her chest just as Korra did before their sparring. "Give up?"
Korra huffed as she raised an arm to block the sun. She glared at Lin. "You used to be the Chief of Police. Shouldn't you have honor or something?"
Lin was about to repeat 'used to' but a yelp of surprise escaped her mouth instead. Korra slashed the arm that was blocking the sun at Lin's legs, causing the older woman to fall. Lin was able to catch herself with her hands but soon she was rolling onto her back, Korra having tackled her when she fell. Lin struggled against Korra's hold but the Avatar was physically stronger than her. Soon, her arms where pinned above her head and Korra was sitting on her stomach to keep Lin on the ground. Lin tried to buck Korra off of her but the Avatar anticipated the move and didn't lose her balance.
The two women's chests were heaving from their effort. Korra's eyes were wild and that damnable smirk was back on her face. She leaned down to get close to Lin's face. "Give up?" Korra taunted.
Lin lifted her head from the dirt to press their lips together. When she felt Korra open her mouth, Lin jerked her arms free and quickly buried her hands into Korra's hair.
When the two finally broke the kiss to breathe, they kept their foreheads pressed together. "We should go back to our room," Lin suggested.
Korra nodded and got off of Lin, offering a hand to help her up. Lin accepted and the two left the training arena, arm in arm. Lin had a slight limp and Korra's side was sure to bruise up well. Still, the two were in a happy daze that not even the patrol of guards that were casually chatting instead of looking for danger dampened Lin's mood.
They reached their temporary home far sooner than either realized and they went inside. Lin looked at the grandfather clock in the living room and hummed as she read the time. "Asami won't be back for another hour, or so she thinks." Lin sat down on the couch with a grimace, rubbing her left calf.
"I won't be surprised if we don't see her for the rest for the night," Korra called out from the kitchen. She joined Lin on the couch and handed her a glass. "It's lychee juice," she said as she took her own sip. Korra wrapped an arm around Lin's shoulders as she relaxed into the couch. She let out a hiss when she bent in just the wrong way to cause her side to flare up. "Even when you go easy on me, I feel like I got stung by a buzzard wasp."
"And you hit like a charging saber-tooth moose lion," Lin responded, moving her left foot in circles, feeling the muscles protest.
"Thanks," Korra chuckled. She finished off her glass and leaned against Lin. She waited until Lin had finished her glass and placed it on a table next to the couch before grabbing her hand and leading her off of the couch. She noticed the grimace Lin gave when she put weight on her left leg and felt guilty immediately. "Sorry about that."
Lin waved away the apology. "One of the downsides of getting older. You can't take hits like you used to." She allowed herself to be led to the bathroom that was connected to the master bedroom.
The tub was smaller than Asami's but it would still fit the three of them comfortably. Lin watched Korra fiddle with the nobs and fill the tub with warm water. She looked into the cupboard next to the mirror and grabbed one of the bubble bath bottles. She handed it to Korra and tried to ignore the amused look on Korra's face. Lin secretly adored bubble baths, especially ones that smelled like sage. Korra and Asami used that bit of knowledge to their advantage whenever either of them were stressed by work or Avatar business. There was nothing better than cuddling with Lin and watching her relax against them.
"There," Korra said when the tub was filled and bubbles covered the surface. She turned around and lightly slapped away Lin's hands that were already pulling her shirt off. "Let me," Korra purred. She grabbed the hem of Lin's shirt and slowly pulled it off. Korra let it fall to the floor in favor of reaching around Lin to unclip her bra. That too she let fall so she could cup Lin's breasts. She took one of her nipples into her mouth and hummed at the slightly salty taste.
"We should be taking a bath," Lin breathed even as a hand was cupping the back of Korra's head. She drifted the other hand down Korra's back to grip her ass. She pulled back and slipped her hand under Korra's pants and underwear. Lin cupped Korra's sex and hummed at the heat and the way Korra's hips rocked against the hand.
Korra pulled back from Lin's nipple to grin mischievously at her. "I thought you said we should be taking a bath." She took a step away from Lin's touches. "The water is getting cold." She sat on the toilet seat to pull off her shoes and socks.
Lin grumbled her displeasure at having to stop touching Korra. She sat on the edge of the tub to take off her own shes and socks. She stood up to remove the last bit of her clothing and grimaced at her left leg. There was a clear bruise and Lin did not doubt that it will only get worse as the hours went by.
"I really am sorry for that," Korra said. She had removed the rest of her clothing and was next to Lin, leaning over the tub's edge and pouring more hot water into the tub to make sure it was nice and warm for them.
Lin shrugged. "It's not like I didn't leave my own bruises." She laid a hand against Korra's side where the meteorite had struck. That bruise was worse than her own. Lin silently berated herself for being so rough with Korra during their sparring. She might have accidentally broken one of Korra's ribs if she had gotten too careless.
"I'll be fine," Korra said. "Now get in the tub so I can heal you." When Lin did as she was asked and leaned against one of the tub's edges, Korra closed her eyes and felt the water in the tub. Concentrating, Korra moved her arms back and forth gracefully and the water in the tub began to glow. She grinned when she heard Lin sigh in relief as she healed the bruise on her calf. When she was satisfied with her work, Korra brought her hands back to her body and a small steam of the healing water came out of the tub. She aimed it at the bruise at her side and gave her own sound of relief as some of the pain was taken away. Korra spent a bit longer on her own bruise, stopping when she thought that it was healed enough to go away in a few days. She sent the water back into the tub, close enough to Lin that the resulting splash got to her face.
"Brat," Lin said, but she still grabbed Korra's hand and helped her into the tub. She wrapped her arms loosely around Korra's waist and sighed in content as the bubbles gradually popped around them and filled the room with the smell of sage.
Korra lifted an arm from the water and moved it back so she could massage the back of Lin's head. "I wish Asami was hear to join us."
Lin nodded, finding it hard to keep her eyes open with Korra's fingers moving through her hair and the peaceful scent filling her nose. "She'll be back soon enough. We can always take another bath when she gets here."
"I'd like that," Korra murmured. She looked down and through the bubbles, she watched Lin's hand move along her body. She noticed that Lin's fingers would pay particular attention to the littering of scars on her body. "Bending tournament," Korra said as one of Lin's fingers traced a scar under her right breast.
"What?"
"I got that one from one of my first bending tournaments." Korra grabbed Lin's hand and guided it to another scar that Lin had been touching moments ago. "That was from my fight with Zaheer." Korra thought about it for a bit. "I think it was when he air blasted me into a rock column. It pissed me off so much I threw it back at him," Korra chuckled but there was a tinge of sadness in her voice. "I'm still not sure who won that one. I mean, yeah, we captured Zaheer but he still left some nasty scars." It was clear to both women that Korra was not just talking about the ones that marked her body.
"But in the end you overcame them," Lin said softly, resting her hand over Korra's heart. She could feel it thump under her palm and she took comfort in it. "You removed the last of the metal yourself and regain the Avatar State."
Korra covered Lin's hand with her own. "But I don't have any of the previous Avatar's connections. Not even to Avatar Aang."
"Then you'll be the first in the new line of Avatars." Lin kissed Korra's shoulder and pulled the younger woman closer. "There are still records of the previous Avatars. It's not like their history was erased."
"Maybe," Korra said after a length of silence. "But that's the next Avatar's problem." She turned her head to capture Lin's lips, ending the conversation. She felt the surprise fade away from Lin as the older woman took control of the kiss. Korra was more than happy to give dominance to her.
Lin moved the hand that was over Korra's heart to her right breast. She cupped it and rolled the nipple in between her fingers. Lin swallowed the needy whine and trailed her free fingers up and down Korra's inner thigh. She would come closer to Korra's sex with each pass but she never made contact.
Korra broke the kiss and groaned, rocking her hips up. For just a moment, Lin's fingers were where she needed but they quickly moved. "Lin, please."
"Tell me what you want," Lin encouraged. She pinched the nipple still in her fingers and smirked at the gasp from Korra.
"You know what I want," Korra groaned, hooking her left leg outside of the tub's edge. She grabbed Lin's teasing hand and moved it to her aching sex. "I want you to make me cum."
Lin gave an amused hummed as she felt Korra's sex. She moved to the younger woman's clit and began to rub it in small circles. She didn't both starting slow, she could feel how much Korra needed a quick relief.
"Oh fuck!" Korra gasped, trembling against Lin. She tried to keep her hips still so she wouldn't accidentally move Lin's fingers away from her bundle of nerves. Her back arched as she moaned, one hand holding tight to Lin's arm and the other on the tub's edge. Korra knew she wouldn't last long with Lin pleasuring like this. "Lin, just like that."
"Good girl," Lin murmured, watching Korra's body gradually tense with the oncoming orgasm. "You like this?" When Korra only gave a quick jerk of her head, Lin released the breast she was playing with to tug at Korra's hair. "I asked if you like this."
"Yes!" Korra whimpered. She no longer tried to stop her hips from jerking up into Lin's hand. "Please, Lin, more." Her eyes fluttered shut as her mouth was claimed again.
Lin let go of Korra's hair and quickly dove her hand down to Korra's legs. She dug her nails into the flesh of Korra's right thigh and pulled up to scratch her. She felt Korra jerk at the scratch and Lin was quick to repeat it.
"So close," Korra breathed as she broke the kiss. She grabbed her breasts and played with her own nipples. They were already so hard and sensitive. Her back arched higher as she teetered right at the edge of her orgasm.
"Come on, Korra," Lin purred into the younger woman's ear. "Cum for me."
As if her body was waiting for the command, Korra trembled as she fell over the edge. Lin's name tumbled out of her mouth as her hips rocked sporadically against Lin's hand. Slowly, her body relaxed in the tub once more and her breathing slowed. "Good," she murmured as she rubbed her cheek against Lin's chest.
Lin hummed and kissed the top of Korra's head. The two stayed in that position for several peaceful minutes. Eventually the water turned from warm to chilly. Korra had wanted to warm it up using her fire bending but Lin argued that they were turning into prunes. It took Lin promising to cuddle naked on the bed for Korra to agree to leave the tub.
Korra bent the water off their bodies into the tub and emptied it. Lin and Korra picked up their clothes from the floor and carried them into the master bedroom. They were surprised to see Asami sitting on the bed, the woman's eyes glued to the hands neatly folded in her lap.
"Asami?" Korra asked, dropping her clothes to the floor without care.
"What's wrong?" Lin asked. She placed her clothing on the chair in front of the vanity desk.
The woman startled at hearing her name called and looked up at her two lovers. Her eyes did not have the luster in them that the two were used to seeing. Asami stood from the bed and walked to Lin. She grabbed the back of Lin's head and pulled her into a kiss, not wasting any time before swiping her tongue across Lin's bottom lip to ask for entrance and cupping Lin's sex.